English Online Dictionary. What means obvious? What does obvious mean?
English
Etymology
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”), from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”). In order to avoid an awkward form such as *obvy, the Latin ending -us was maintained in the form -ous (which is otherwise equivalent to Latin -osus), just like in previous (contrast envious).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑb.vi.əs/, (fast speech) /ˈɑ.vi.əs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.vɪəs/, /ˈɒb.vɪəs/, (fast speech) /ˈɒv.jəs/
- Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous
Adjective
obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)
- Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obvious.
Antonyms
- unobvious
- non-obvious
- subtle
Derived terms
- obviously
- obviousness
Collocations
Translations
References
Further reading
- “obvious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- obvious at OneLook Dictionary Search
- obvious in Britannica Dictionary
- obvious in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
- obvious in Ozdic collocation dictionary
- obvious in WordReference English Collocations